Editorial photography winners : Getty Images announced that Jonathan Lowenstein, Jonathan Torgovnik and Leo Maguire will each receive financial and editorial support enabling them to pursue new documentary photography projects. “Shadow Lives USA” is Jonathan Lowenstein’s winning photojournalism project, documenting six different issues facing those trying to enter the United States across the US-Mexico border. Lowenstein proposes that it is crucial to insert nuanced and sensitive depictions of undocumented workers’. His extensive travel and long-term commitment to document the plight of illegal immigrants, enable him to build lasting connections with the men and women who reside in the shadows of US society.

Nikon photo contest winners : Nikon is pleased to announce the winners of the Nikon Photo Contest International 2006-2007, one of the world's largest and most prestigious photo contests. The contest is held since 1969 and currently staged once every other year. The contest is an opportunity for photographers around the world to communicate and to enrich photographic culture for professionals and amateurs alike. A total of 53 prize winners were selected from among the large number of entries, with Mr. Tung Khanh Le from Vietnam selected as the winner of the Grand Prize for his work entitled "crossing waves": a powerful image capturing a dynamic subject with a photojournalistic touch.

Photoshop competition : The National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) is excited to announce the Guru Award winners for the west coast Photoshop World Conference & Expo in Las Vegas. The Guru Awards are a special Photoshop competition exclusively for conference attendees of Photoshop World that were created to recognize the innovation and creativity of our attendees. Since its humble beginnings in 1999, the Guru Awards has now become one of the most prestigious and coveted awards in the international digital imaging industry. Winners were selected from more than 300 entries by Photoshop User art director Felix Nelson, NAPP president Scott Kelby, and the creative team at NAPP after several rounds of judging.

DXG YouTube online video contest : DXG USA announced the DXG “Short Shorts” YouTube Online Video Contest. “Short Shorts” Contest participants will produce and submit a maximum 1 minute video to DXG using any DXG camera or camcorder. Entries will be judged by a combination of originality, the number of YouTube views, ratings received, and number of favorites selected. Categories include “Funniest Video,” including sketch, stand-up or ‘blooper’ video and “Best Music Video,” either with lip-synched music or original music. 2 Grand Prizes of a DXG-589V gaming camera and 6 Runner-up Prizes of the colorful DXG-506V (featured in the June 2007 issue of In Style Magazine) will be awarded on October 2, 2007.

Photo journalism from photographers : The World Press Photo exhibition showcases the best of press photography from across the globe. Annually, Amsterdam based World Press Photo organises a competition to select the best examples of photo-journalism from photographers, agencies, newspapers and magazines. Winning entries are selected by an international panel of independent judges from divergent backgrounds who bring a breadth of experience to the judging process. The Scottish Parliament exhibition will comprise 178 images drawn from news coverage of world events in 2006. The winning images were selected from 78,083 submitted by 4,460 photographers from 124 countries. Prizes were awarded to 60 photographers over 10 themed categories.

ZEN Green Tea Liqueur photography contest : With the popularity of such Asian influences as yoga, sushi and feng shui, the concept of ZEN has made its mark in American culture. The secret of Zen philosophy is that it can be expressed across a variety of artistic endeavors: writing, paintings, calligraphy and photography. ZEN Green Tea Liqueur, America’s first super-premium green tea liqueur, invites consumers 21 and over to participate in the first ever “What is Zen?” photography contest for a chance to express their interpretation of ZEN and win a trip for two to Japan. The contest will begin on August 13th and run through December 15th. The winner will be announced January 4th, 2008.

AVerVision video contest : AVerMedia Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of digital multimedia and presentation technology, announced the AVerVision Video Contest for North American K-12 and Higher-Ed classrooms. Teachers, administrators, or students are asked to create a 10-20 minute video describing original and interesting classroom lessons and applications with their document camera. Classes without a document camera can submit a video describing the difficulty of using traditional presentation technology in the classroom. Four new AVerVision document cameras will be awarded, one to each of the third, second, first and Grand Prize winners. The contest will officially be open between September 1, 2007 and November 15, 2007.

Travel photography competition : Nikon is pleased to announce once again that it is teaming up with Wanderlust, the UK’s leading adventure-travel magazine, to find the crème de la crème of travel photography. The August/September issue of Wanderlust marks the 12th anniversary of the UK’s longest-running annual travel photography competition and Nikon is delighted to be involved in such a prestigious competition. For the Amateur category individuals are invited to submit up to four images in one or more of the following categories: People, Wildlife, Landscape or Festivals. Each winning image must reflect the overall theme of travel as well as interpreting the category concept in a unique way.